03056nam 22006493u 450 991079243380332120230725023221.01-282-53981-797866125398170-253-00397-0(CKB)2670000000014153(EBL)501435(OCoLC)607553763(SSID)ssj0000361278(PQKBManifestationID)11272793(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361278(PQKBWorkID)10352574(PQKB)10969132(MiAaPQ)EBC501435(EXLCZ)99267000000001415320151005d2010 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrHow colonialism preempted modernity in Africa /Olúfẹḿi TáíwòBloomington Indiana University Press20101 online resource (368 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-35374-2 ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Of Subjectivity and Sociocryonics""; ""PART I. COLONIALISM""; ""1. Colonialism: A Philosophical Profile""; ""2. Running Aground on Colonial Shores: The Saga of Modernity and Colonialism""; ""3. Prophets without Honor: African Apostles of Modernity in the Nineteenth Century""; ""4. Reading the Colonizer's Mind: Lord Lugard and the Philosophical Foundations of British Colonialism""; ""PART II. THE AFTERMATH""; ""5. The Legal Legacy: Twilight before Dawn""; ""6. Two Modern African Constitutions""; ""PART III. LOOKING FORWARD""""7. Globalization: Doing It Right This Time Around""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olmi Two claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired to liberal democracy and the rule of law, but colonial officials aborted those efforts when they established indirect rule in the service of the European powers. Two looks closely at modernColoniesHistoryAfricaMissionariesHistoryAfricaDemocracyAfricaCapitalismAfricaAfricaCivilizationPhilosophyAfricaColonial influenceAfricaColonizationHistoryEuropeColoniesAfricaHistoryAfricaPolitics and governmentColoniesHistoryMissionariesHistoryDemocracyCapitalism325.6Táíwò Olúfémi919495AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELCaOLUBOOK9910792433803321How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa3818714UNINA